Putting aside the waste of money, it was a very nice hike, and while we got rained on for the last 3rd with virtually no visibility, it fortunately happened at the end when the views were that that important anyway, so it wasn't a huge deal.
down down and down, but it was easy, I could just jump down and land in soft dirt, almost like sand
then the weather turned to shit :)
this birdie actually came to me to check me out and kept flying around me